DIABETES TYPE2

Simple guide How to Turn Your Food Diabetic-Friendly Leafy vegetables Herbs Small portions The skill you learn here Make your comfort food without a high sugar spike Vegetables Leafy vegetables Herbs Protein Fibre Use these in your regular food, every day. The spike stays small, so your daily medicine has less to manage. Medicine works together with these habits. It does not replace them. Part 1 Food: add leafy vegetables This is the easiest change. Put leafy vegetables into the food you already eat. They fill the plate, so the same meal carries fewer carbs per serving. Spinach Methi (fenugreek) Amaranth Coriander Curry leaves Cabbage Regular Plain dal and a big plate of rice Mostly carbs Converted Palak dal with a smaller portion of rice Fewer carbs per serving Regular Plain roti or plain rice Mostly carbs Converted Methi or palak roti, vegetable rice with greens Fewer carbs per serving Swipe sideways → Part 2 Drinks: add herbs Take tea. Sweet tea is a clear no. But even tea without s...

| Health › Diabetes Care How to Keep Diabetes Under Control: Simple Changes in Your Cooking and Diet Diet and nutrition 3 min read After a diabetes diagnosis, you don't have to give up your favorite foods. Cut the carbohydrates in them, add fiber and protein, and keep taking your medication. Your sugar levels can come under control. At a glance Use leafy greens and everyday spices Swap coffee for green tea Split meals with a 3-hour gap Pressure-cook instead of frying Tip 1 Add Leafy Greens and Spices Boil spinach or fenugreek (methi) leaves and use the cooking liquid in your dishes to bring down the carbs. Add greens and vegetables to everyday curries like dal. Try spinach dal, moringa dal, methi dal or mixed vegetable dal, and cook the vegetables directly in the dal. Keep the spice level low so you can enjoy more of these vegetable-rich dishes. Season with cumin, turmeric, ginger, garlic, coriander and curry leaves, and cook in smaller quantities. Eating vegetable curries an...

Diabetes Food Guide A food guide for diabetes What to put on your plate Leafy greens, vegetables, non-vegetarian foods, and nuts and seeds that suit a diabetes-friendly diet. Pick a few from each group and keep portions in check. Before diabetes we ate mostly carbs. Now the plate is reversed. Most of us grew up with a plate full of rice and roti, with only a little vegetable and protein on the side. With diabetes, the same plate needs to flip. Eat the least carbs. Eat more fibre and more protein. The foods are familiar. Only the quantity is reversed. Before diabetes · mostly carbs Carbs Fibre Protein With diabetes · reversed Carbs Fibre Protein Illustration of the idea, not a prescription. Ask your doctor or dietitian for the exact portions that suit you. ...